| FOREPAYMENT | • forepayment n. Payment made in advance. • FOREPAYMENT n. payment in advance. |
| FOREPAYMENTS | • forepayments n. Plural of forepayment. • FOREPAYMENT n. payment in advance. |
| HALFPENNYWORTH | • halfpennyworth n. (Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation). • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) A negligible amount. • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) One’s opinion or thoughts; one’s two cents. |
| HALFPENNYWORTHS | • halfpennyworths n. Plural of halfpennyworth. • HALFPENNYWORTH n. as much as is sold for a halfpenny or is worth a halfpenny. |
| HYPERFASTIDIOUS | • hyperfastidious adj. Extremely fastidious. • HYPERFASTIDIOUS adj. excessively fastidious. |
| HYPERFUNCTIONAL | • hyperfunctional adj. Having, or characterised by, increased function. • HYPERFUNCTIONAL adj. relating to hyperfunction, the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |
| HYPERINFLATION | • hyperinflation n. (Economics) A very high rate of inflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
| HYPERINFLATIONS | • hyperinflations n. Plural of hyperinflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
| PERFORATORY | • PERFORATORY adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATIVE. |
| PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
| PREFATORIALLY | • PREFATORIAL adv. serving as preface or opening remarks. |
| PREFATORILY | • prefatorily adv. In a prefatory manner; by way of preface. • PREFATORY adv. acting as a preface. |
| PREFATORY | • prefatory adj. Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. • PREFATORY adj. acting as a preface. |
| PROFLIGATELY | • profligately adv. In a profligate manner. • PROFLIGATE adv. debauched; rashly extravagant. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
| SPECIFICATORY | • specificatory adj. Serving to specify something. • SPECIFICATORY adj. serving to specify. |